Welcome to Leg 7! Last time, on Helping Alliance Members Can Get You in Trabant, 7 teams raced to Berlin, Germany. CheeHu decided to help the Mine Five Alliance at the Roadblock and it cost them the win, which went to the Football Players. The Yield got ignored again, which is probably why it was removed in the first place. And Kaylynn and Haley finished in last AGAIN, and got non-eliminated AGAIN. Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)
Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – DeAngelo and Gary, Team Another Mother Brothers
2nd – Riley and Maddison, The Hawaiian Volleyball Brothers
3rd – Hung and Chee, The Honeymooning Asians
4th – Will and James, Team Gay Reality Stars
5th – Eswar and Aparna, The Engineer Siblings
6th – Leo and Alana, Team Operation Nerdgasm
7th – Kaylynn and Haley, Team Blonde Real Estate
Neukõlln, Berlin, Germany
1:30 AM DeAngelo/Gary (1st) – who describe Kaylynn and Haley as “The insect you step on that finds the groove in your shoe.” (Toyouke: “OK but THIS Pit Stop has mingling? Come on.”)
Clue: Fly 3500 miles to Almaty, Kazakhstan! Once there, make your way to Kazakhfilm Studio to get your Detour Clue.
1:46 AM Riley/Maddison (2nd)
1:53 AM Hung/Chee (3rd) – who complains about DeAngelo not being proactive in the race. (Toyouke: “Hung has a great point. This alliance is not even in terms of who is getting help and who is giving help.”)
2:04 AM Will/James (4th)
2:13 AM Eswar/Aparna (5th)
2:14 AM Leo/Alana (6th)
5:32 AM Kaylynn/Haley (7th)
So teams make their way to Berlin Tegel Airport and arrive in the following order:
1- DeAngelo/Gary
2- Riley/Maddison
3- Hung/Chee
4- Will/James
5- Eswar/Aparna
6- Leo/Alana
7- Kaylynn/Haley
Everyone ends up on the same flight to Almaty, and the Amazing Orange Line magically transports us there, as teams arrive at Almaty International Airport in the following order:
1- Leo/Alana – and Leo reveals he used to teach English in Russia, so he learned some Kazakh along the way.
2- DeAngelo/Gary
3- Hung/Chee
4- Kaylynn/Haley
5- Will/James
6- Riley/Maddison
7- Eswar/Aparna
Teams arrive at Kazakhfilm together and watch a live sequence in which their clues are dropped off. Teams retrieve them in the following order:
1- Eswar/Aparna
2- Leo/Alana
3- DeAngelo/Gary
4- Will/James
5- Hung/Chee
6- Riley/Maddison
7- Kaylynn/Haley
And Kaylynn and Haley get their Speed Bump.
SPEED BUMP:
A Speed Bump is a task that must be performed by the last place team on a non-elimination leg when the non-elimination leg is not immediately followed by the next leg. Once they complete this task, they may return to the place where the Speed Bump occurred and continue the leg. In this speed bump, the team must travel to a building on site and put prosthetic beards on each other in order to get their next clue.
Teams complete the Speed Bump in the following order:
1- Kaylynn/Haley
After much beard applying, they continue with the rest of the teams and get their clue.
Teams open their envelopes and we get the fourth Detour Clue.
DETOUR:
Great Khan’s Spy OR Knock Out Guy
*Great Khan’s Spy: Teams put on costumes and then enter and watch an action sequence in order to correctly answer a series of questions from the Great Khan: How many horses entered the village during the battle? (6), How many warriors in the battle fought with an axe? (1), How many warriors in the battle carried spears? (5), and How many times did the Great Khan call out to his warriors during the battle? (0). Once the questions are answered correctly, the Great Khan gives them their next clue.
*Knock Out Guy: Teams must learn a choreographed stunt routine with five parts: Swords, Shields, Axes, Spears, and Jumping. Once complete, teams must smash a vase for their next clue.
(Toyouke: “Oh this Detour is fantastic! Pros and Cons! Yeah if you assume everyone has to repeat their Detour choice (either to relearn the choreography or because you got questions wrong) then memorization might be the way to go. After the first round you know what to count. Ooo AND there's a limit! That's how you know the show considers that one easier. Nvm they both have lines.”)
1- Hung/Chee choose Great Khan’s Spy
2- Leo/Alana choose Great Khan’s Spy
3- Riley/Maddison choose Knock Out Guy
4- DeAngelo/Gary choose Knock Out Guy
5- Will/James choose Knock Out Guy
6- Eswar/Aparna choose Knock Out Guy
7- Kaylynn/Haley choose Great Khan’s Spy – because a limit of four teams could take each Detour.
Much scene watching and stunt performing ensues. So, teams complete the detour in the following order:
1- Riley/Maddison
2- Hung/Chee
3- Will/James– Will: “We Kazakhslay!”
4- DeAngelo/Gary
5- Eswar/Aparna
6- Kaylynn/Haley
7- Leo/Alana – who took 10 tries because they were miscounting spears. (Toyouke: “This is not how I thought Leo and Alana would get in trouble.”)
Teams are now instructed to choose a marked van and driver and travel to the Nomad Village in the Karasay District.
CAUTION: YIELD AHEAD! HAVE YOUR HOURGLASS READY! ONLY TWO MORE CHANCES TO USE IT!
(Toyouke: “I find it interesting that they both told them how many more Yields were coming, and also that they've pointed out every one even though no one is using them.”) Teams arrive at the Nomad Village Yield in the following order:
1- Hung/Chee
2- Riley/Maddison
3- Will/James
4- DeAngelo/Gary
5- Eswar/Aparna
6- Kaylynn/Haley
7- Leo/Alana
This is the fourth Yield of the race. Teams may choose to yield any team they wish (well, the team has to be behind them), but they may only use the Yield once during the race. If a team is yielded, they must turn over the hourglass that the Yielders found on Leg 2 and wait for the predetermined amount of time (10 or 20 minutes) based on the hourglass.
Teams make their Yield decisions in the following order:
1- Hung/Chee (10) choose to Yield no one
2- Riley/Maddison (20) choose to Yield no one
3- Will/James (20) choose to Yield no one – (Toyouke: “Why would Will and James not Yield their mortal enemies Leo and Alana and instead expect someone else to do their dirty work for them? Is it because they're super shady? That's my suspicion. In which case I don't want to hear them complain again.”)
4- DeAngelo/Gary (20) choose to Yield no one
5- Eswar/Aparna (10) choose to Yield no one
6- Kaylynn/Haley (20) choose to Yield Leo/Alana – Because Will, James, Riley, and Maddison run out of the yurts and yell at them to do it. (Toyouke: “Objectively, the penultimate team Yielding the last place team is good strategy. But I'm mad about how it went down.”)
7- Leo/Alana (10) are Yielded for 20 minutes
Teams get their next clue in the following order:
1- Hung/Chee
2- Riley/Maddison
3- Will/James
4- DeAngelo/Gary
5- Eswar/Aparna
6- Kaylynn/Haley
7- Leo/Alana
Teams are now instructed to reconstruct the inside of a yurt, based on a prearranged example. Teams choose a camel laden with possessions, lead it to an empty yurt, and recreate the interior, complete with cooked lamb’s head, which they must get from locals nearby. Teams complete the task in the following order:
1- Will/James – James: “This isn’t the Amazing Best Friends Race!” (Toyouke: “YOU STOLE THAT LINE FROM DRAG RACE YOU COWARDS!”)
2- Riley/Maddison
3- Hung/Chee – (Toyouke: “See that's how you help people. As you're running to the car, ahead of them, as a drive-by that doesn't hinder you. I do also like the "you have 90 seconds to be mad at me, please take it".”)
4- DeAngelo/Gary
5- Kaylynn/Haley – (Toyouke: “Honestly a team that's had to do two Speed Bumps is not long for this world, if you know what I mean. At least they shouldn't be.”)
6- Eswar/Aparna
7- Leo/Alana
Teams are now instructed to have their van and driver take them to Zeleyni Bazaar and search the Meat Market for their next clue. Teams arrive at the bazaar in the following order:
1- Will/James
2- Riley/Maddison
3- Hung/Chee
4- DeAngelo/Gary
5- Kaylynn/Haley
6- Eswar/Aparna
7- Leo/Alana
Teams search the market, and find the clue on the second floor in the following order:
1- Will/James
2- Riley/Maddison
3- Hung/Chee
4- DeAngelo/Gary
5- Kaylynn/Haley
6- Eswar/Aparna
7- Leo/Alana
Teams are now instructed to make their way to First President’s Park, the PIT STOP of the seventh leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive WILL be eliminated!
1- Will/James – who win a trip for two from Travelocity to Las Vegas and a luxury stay at the Venetian. Also, they are warned about the Mega Leg on the next leg.
2- Riley/Maddison
3- Hung/Chee
4- DeAngelo/Gary
5- Kaylynn/Haley
6- Eswar/Aparna
7- Leo/Alana
And Leo and Alana are the last team to arrive and are eliminated. They didn’t think they were done, but found out that they are good together! (Toyouke: “I would be less upset if this wasn't caused by teams that were too scared to do the dirty work themselves. If the blondes had made their decision on their own, without peer pressure from a stupid "alliance" that is not equal, I would be sad but understand from a race standpoint. It's smart racing, and it's possible they couldn't have caught up. They might have caused their own demise from not understanding what counted as a spear and what counted as a flag. But the fact that the nail in the coffin came from teams that begged someone else to do the actual dirty work for them? And the blondes just...did it? I hate that.”)
ORDER NOW:
1st – Will/James
2nd – Riley/Maddison
3rd – Hung/Chee
4th – DeAngelo/Gary
5th – Kaylynn/Haley
6th – Eswar/Aparna
Next week: The Mega Leg in India. There is lack of communication. And the Mine Five Alliance starts to crumble. (Toyouke: “Also tuk tuks.”) Until next time!
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